[Diseases of the ileocecal valve (author's transl)].
Diseases of the ileocecal valve are rare. Symptoms are caused by intestinal obstruction resulting from an enlargement of Bauhini's valve. The diagnosis in confirmed by x-ray. Only coloscopy and biopsy can verify the nature of the neoplasm. Regional ileocecal resection is the treatment of choice for benign lesions. In cancerous lesions hemi-colectomy has to be performed.
D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007080:Ileocecal Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
Erkrankungen der Valvula Bauhini.